America will be the first nation to enjoy nationwide rolling out of 5g services, starting from November this year after US telecoms giant, AT&T announced today that it would begin rolling out its 5G network about 3 months ahead of schedule.

That now makes for two major telecommunication companies in the US that will offer 5G networks in 2018, as Verizon said late last year that it would also be rolling out its 5G network.

Verizon and AT&T haven't explicitly stated the speeds we can expect when their 5G networks arrive, but we know that they will be much faster the 4G LTE mobile networks we have today. And they even have the potential to be faster than wired internet connections, too.

When the 5G wireless standard hits the mainstream, our mobile and home internet speeds have the potential to be so fast that we'll be downloading 4K movies, games, apps, and any other large form of content at a fraction of the time.


What is 5G?

It's the upcoming evolution of wireless 4G LTE, which is mostly used today for wireless mobile networks. It offers incredibly fast wireless communication that can be used to transmit all sorts of data. It won't replace cables entirely, but for some applications and industries, it could replace the need for them.

Apart from fast mobile networks, 5G will also be used to deliver internet to your home. Its speed is also suited for upcoming technologies, such as providing a continuous stream of data required for many self-driving-car systems.

How fast will 5G be?

At last year's Mobile World Congress 2017, Samsung showcased its 5G Home Routers, which achieved speeds of up to 4 gigabits per second, according to PCMag.

That's 500 megabytes per second, which could let you download a 50 GB game in under two minutes, or a 100 GB 4K movie in under four minutes.

It can go 10 to 100 times faster than your typical cellular connection today, and even quicker than anything you can get with a physical fiber-optic cable going into your house. It'll take just a few seconds to download a full TV season of your favourite series (you'll be able to download the entire Season 7 of Suits in just 3 seconds!), and doctors will be able to perform remote surgeries in real time.


Why Is 5G going to be so fast?

5G will face fewer obstacles than wired internet, thus making it easier to distribute superfast internet.


In a related development, the American semiconductor and chip manufacturing giant Qualcomm announced a breakthrough that will have a huge impact on the manufacture of 5g handsets. The big problem which has been delaying the rolling out of 5g services was figuring out a way to make a 5g chip that will be small enough to fit into a handheld device.

On Monday (23rd July 2018) Qualcomm unveiled its new QTM052 millimeter wave and QPM56xx sub-6GHz radio frequency antenna module families. They work alongside the company's Snapdragon X50 5G to bring superfast network speeds to smartphones . The modules will let phone makers cover the gamut of 5G airwaves, including the shorter-range but faster millimeter wave spectrum and the more reliable but slower sub-6GHz airwaves.

The modules will show up in mobile hotspots later this year and in smartphones in the first half of 2019. The potential peak download speed could be up to 5Gbps for the millimeter wave variant, though the more realistic speed you'll see in phones is closer to 1.4Gbps, Qualcomm said. That's much faster than today's 4G, which is about 70Mbps, and even faster than the sub-6GHz's expected speeds of 400Mbps to 500Mbps, the company noted.

It is hoped that the ease with which 5g networks can be deployed will help to solve problems like low broadband penetration, especially in rural areas and it will certainly put an end to sluggish speeds caused by network congestion.


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